Home.pl review

First impression

Home.pl is an established provider of hosting services based in Szczecin, Poland, founded by Piotr Kapcio and Krystian Stypula in 1997. They offer a wide range of services such as Shared Hosting, VPS Hosting, Dedicated Server Hosting, Registrations of Domains, SSL Certificates, Website Creation, as well as Office 365, and Emails. It is managed by an efficient team of over 300 hosting specialists and has acquired a stable customer base of over 375,000 clients.

Trial Period

There is no free trial for any services at Home.pl, but there is a 14-day money-back guarantee on some plans. This is reassuring because you can test drive their hosting facilities without risk for 14 days. In case you find out that this service is substandard, you can request a refund within this duration, and therefore it is a risk-free opportunity for someone to test their services.

Billing Cycle

The billing cycles they offer on their Shared Hosting, as well as VPS Hosting, are flexible. With Shared Hosting, users can choose between monthly, yearly, two-year, or three-year commitments, while VPS offerings have monthly, yearly, or two-year billing cycles. To save you money, an annual or multi-year plan comes with a discount.

They now accept Visa, and Mastercard, and payments made with Blik and PayU, an online payment processing company from the Netherlands, as payment methods.

Control Panel

Home.pl provides access to their in-house developed control panel with all Shared Hosting plans. The control panel has two components: services menu and functions, and Desktop. The Desktop view will shift dynamically going through different tasks to provide you with configuration options for every one of the services. The services and functions menu, on the other hand, has direct access to all services regarding your account, as well as to the Users, Account, Customer Support, and Service Registration areas. Their control panel allows you to perform all such operations as other high-quality control panels do, i.e., changing a password, management of mailboxes, domains, DNS management, etc. In the VPS plans, they provide Plesk Obsidian 18 control panel.

Limits

They have four Shared Hosting plans, all running on Apache 2.4 servers and named respectively as Start, Business, Professional, and Premium, to cater to different requirements. The Start plan has a generous 70GB of SSD space, 256MB RAM, and 25x MySQL and/or 1x PostgreSQL databases, suitable for basic and even medium size websites. The Business plan builds on these with added features. The features include 100GB SSD space, 256MB RAM, and 50x MySQL and/or 5x PostgreSQL databases and is best suited for growing sites or businesses looking for more space to continue growing. The Professional plan comes with 500 SSD space, 512MB RAM, and unlimited MySQL and/or PostgreSQL databases, and lastly, the Premium plan comes with a whopping 2TB disc space, 512MB RAM, and same as Professional plan, unlimited MySQL and/or PostgreSQL databases. All these plans come standard with unlimited POP/IMAP email addresses provided they don't use more than allotted disc space, as well as free SSL certificates by Let's Encrypt.

Their VPS plans come in various options that range from 1x vCore CPU, 2GB RAM, and 40GB super-fast NVMe disc space on the VPS S plan, up to 8x vCore CPUs, 32GB RAM, and 320GB NVMe storage space on the VPS XXL plan. All plans come standard with 1 IPv4 address and unlimited bandwidth.

Website Builder

Home.pl offers the Web Wizards website builder for an additional yearly fee. This easy-to-use builder helps you create a professional website without needing any technical skills. With a variety of customizable templates, drag-and-drop features, and built-in tools for SEO and e-commerce, it makes building a great-looking, fully functional site simple. I personally found it great to work with! They also offer website design and development services if you prefer to have them handle the entire process.

Security

Having been in business for as long as they have, naturally, Home.pl is serious when it comes to security. The business has invested in strong security features in their data centers, hosting plans, and infrastructure. In data centers, they have state-of-the-art physical security features such as 24/7 surveillance, access control, and protection against fire. In hosting plans, they have DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) protection, antivirus and anti-spam protection, 2FA account verification, SSL certificates (free Let's Encrypt SSL certificates or paid Rapid and GeoTrust, et cetera), and scheduled backup to protect your data. High-level firewalls, as well as intrusion detection systems, are also used by Home.pl to prevent cyber attacks, and as such, your data and sites are adequately secured.

OS

On their VPS hosting plans, they include popular distributions of the Linux operating system like Ubuntu 20.04/22.04/24.04, Debian 10/11/12, AlmaLinux 8/9, and Rocky Linux 8.6/9.0 (with a note that this version does not support Plesk Control Panel), and Microsoft's Windows Server 2016/2019/2022 for users desiring a Microsoft environment. On Shared Hosting, on the other hand, they do not indicate what version of the Linux operating system they use.

Support

The support they offer is another area where I rate them highly. Their friendly and well-trained agents are available via Live Chat, Messenger (Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 8:00 PM), a Support Ticketing System, or Phone. You can expect a response time of within a minute on Live Chat and within 10 minutes via email. There is also a Discussion Forum, where you can discuss your hosting issues with other users.

Conclusion

Home.pl is definitely a good choice for hosting if you’re looking for a new, reliable provider. They offer a variety of plans tailored to different needs, from basic Shared Hosting to robust VPS options, all backed by strong security measures and a user-friendly control panel. Their Web Wizards website builder makes setting up a site easy, even if you’re not tech-savvy. Plus, their responsive customer support is available through multiple channels, ensuring you get help when you need it. A great choice in my opinion.